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As the parent of a young child, you may have wished for quiet. As the parent of a teen, you will probably get what you wished for.
It’s typical for children to start zipping their lips when they become teens.

Some reasons:
~They worry that parents may be shocked by what they have to say. It’s easier to be quiet than to risk upsetting you.
~They are naturally separating from you. Keeping some private thoughts is an important part of the journey toward becoming an adult.

Just days ahead of the Town Election on Monday, May 19, where Hopkinton residents will be asked to fund the renovation and expansion of the Library, Hopkinton Public Library Foundation achieved the extraordinary fundraising milestone of $500,000 in gifts and pledges in pursuit of its $1,000,000 goal.

Show your appreciation through the Thank-A-Teacher Appeal

Please take the opportunity to recognize your child's teacher in a special way, by making a donation to the Hopkinton Education Foundation.

Each educator honored by a donation through Thank-A-Teacher receives a personalized letter from the Education Foundation thanking them for their work, and includes the name of the child. Last June the appeal recognized more than 150 teachers for their outstanding contributions.

Please join us for the Education Foundation's Annual Golf Ball Drop fundraiser on Monday, June 2nd at 5:30pm, at Hopkins Elementary School.

Once again, we will be offering hot-air balloon rides, weather permitting, courtesy of ReMax Executive Realty.

Raffle tickets cost $10 each, or six for $50. The ball landing closest to, or in, the hole wins $1,000; furthest away wins $100.

The 2014 Annual Hopkinton High School Golf Team Fundraiser will be held this year on August 11 at the Hopkinton Country Club. Registration begins at 12 PM with a 1 PM Shot Gun Start. Registration is $150 for single players, $600 for a team of four and $100 to sponsor a hole. The sign-up sheet is above. Contact Richard Bliss at bliss134@verizon.net with questions.

Annual Book & Plant Sales
Books: May 12-15, 9-4 and May 16, 9-2
Plants: May 16th 9-2 and 17th 9-12

Hopkinton Senior Center
28 Mayhew Street
Sponsored by the Friends of the Hopkinton Seniors, Inc.

No vote was taken on a modification to the Verizon building at 35 Hayden Rowe Street during the Planning Board meeting on Monday, May 12. An addition at the front and rear of the site will include a generator and other mechanical equipment which the Planning Board requested to have expected noise levels for. Dennis Gray and Colleen Anderson from Gray Architects were present to represent Verizon.

Yogathon to benefit Hopkinton Middle School’s “The Sky’s the Limit” Courtyard Project will be held on Sunday, May 18, 9:00am to 8pm